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Mark Sommerset visits NWS

We have been lucky enough to have Mark Somerset visit our school as a guest author for our annual book week. He is the author of the laugh out loud books Baa Baa Smart Sheep and I Love Lemonade.

We listened to Mark read The Boy In A Cherry Tree. We discussed the book, sharing our ideas about what we think the book is about. Mark explained to us this book is about following our dreams and passions.

We laughted along as Mark read I Love Lemonade. We learnt the moral of the story...revenge doesn't pay off.

We had the opportunity to ask Mark questions. We learnt he likes all his books and The Cork in The Ocean was the first book he wrote. The ideas for the book came from a really rough boat trip and the experience he had.

Problem solving

We hosted 6 schools for our cluster today for the student lead Toolkits.

After an amazing day of sharing and growing our digital skills we finished with a problem solving challenge.

Coding Challenge

We hosted the Ski Hilo tool kits today. Well done.to.oyr Room 15 buddies for taking a risk and giving coding a go.for the first time.

Swimming

Room 13 have been making the most of their opportunity to have some swimming lessons with the instructors at Dean Greenwood Swim School.

Dance

Over the last three days the learners in Rooms 11, 12 and 13 have been exploring different forms of dance. In Room 13 they were exploring ti rākau.



We started by understanding the whakapapa and tikanga of  ti rākau. Then explored in pairs, sharing our sequence with one another.

Making Yarn

We are weaving and knitting with wool and other fabrics this term. Today we made our own yarn.

Talk to the learners in Room's 11, 12 and 13, they can explain how will in turned into  yarn.